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CMS announces another big week for Affordable Care Act enrollment. 798,829 people signed up in Week 3. 2,277,079 have signed up for Obamacare in total so far. 566,042 are new consumers (across the 3 weeks).

A former biz associate of Michael Flynn has become a subject of Mueller's investigation for his role in the failure of Flynn's former lobbying firm to disclose its work on behalf of foreign governments.

[email protected] on Senate tax plan: "I don't want to be that senator who defends the status quo, blocks this from occurring and essentially keeps this economy and families shackled to this mess of a tax code."

[email protected]: I have long given the order to help Argentina with the Search and Rescue mission of their missing submarine. 45 people aboard and not much time left. May God be with them and the people of Argentina!

@SenSanders: If the tax plan is passed, giving huge breaks to the 1% and raising the deficit $1.5 trillion, Republican leaders will rediscover "the deficit crisis" and move aggressively to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney: "There is no compassion whatsoever in the White House. I'm just beside myself with sadness because our president is a bully, our president is a punk, and he just doesn't get it."

@VP: Karen and I were honored to bring Thanksgiving greetings to brave members of our Armed Forces and their families at @WRBethesda earlier today. Every American is thankful for the service and courage of these true American HEROES.

US Department of State: Additional background information on the Secretary’s announcement today about the situation in Burma. The determination of EthnicCleansing underscores our concern and the gravity and the urgency of the situation in Rakhine State.

[email protected] on tax reform: "If you think about why our economy is not growing, it's because we haven't invested enough in infrastructure. We haven't done things to attract capital to regions of the country that have been left behind."

Asked whether Speaker Ryan believes @RepJoeBarton should resign, spox @AshLeeStrong says: "The speaker has spoken to Rep. Barton on this matter. We will keep those conversations between the two of them."

Did Gary Cohn fake a bad connection to get President Trump off the phone as Sen. Tom Carper said? Sen. Chris Coons: “I remember it a little differently I don’t think Gary Cohn abruptly hung up on the President”

OMB Director Mick Mulvaney has met with a long list of lobbyists, corporate execs and wealthy people with business interests before the government, according to calendars the Trump admin fought to keep secret.

@StateDept official on Burma's Rakhine State crisis: We continue to urge all the parties to end the cycle of violence and to restore the rule of law, and we want to emphasize the need for remediation, returns, and accountability.

After a thorough analysis of the available facts, Sec. Tillerson has noted it is clear the situation in northern Rakhine State constitutes ethnic cleansing against the Rohingya and those responsible for these atrocities must be held accountable.

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan: On this Thanksgiving, I am thankful for my family, the men and women serving in our Armed Forces, and for our country’s law enforcement officers and first responders. Happy Thanksgiving!

Just 80 minutes before Trump arrived at his golf club, the White House made the pool correct an earlier report that said Trump was having a "low-key day" to "the president will NOT have a low-key day and has a full schedule of meetings and phone calls".

@RepDeSantis: I’m working on legislation to unseal settlement records, bar use of tax dollars to pay claims against members and staff, prohibit members from using office budgets to camouflage payments (a Conyers rule) and require reimbursement of the taxpayer.

[email protected]realDonaldTrump: Will be having meetings and working the phones from the Winter White House in Florida (Mar-a-Lago). Stock Market hit new Record High yesterday - $5.5 trillion gain since E. Many companies coming back to the U.S. Military building up and getting very strong.

[email protected]: The NFL is now thinking about a new idea - keeping teams in the Locker Room during the National Anthem next season. That’s almost as bad as kneeling! When will the highly paid Commissioner finally get tough and smart? This issue is killing your league!..

[email protected]: LaVar, you could have spent the next 5 to 10 years during Thanksgiving with your son in China, but no NBA contract to support you. But remember LaVar, shoplifting is NOT a little thing. It’s a really big deal, especially in China. Ungrateful fool!

[email protected]: It wasn’t the White House, it wasn’t the State Department, it wasn’t father LaVar’s so-called people on the ground in China that got his son out of a long term prison sentence - IT WAS ME. Too bad! LaVar is just a poor man’s version of Don King, but without the hair. Just think..

Secretary Tillerson: With the resignation of Robert Mugabe, today marks an historic moment for Zimbabwe. We congratulate all Zimbabweans who raised their voices and stated peacefully and clearly that the time for change was overdue.

@VP: Great to meet with David Rubenstein and David Skorton, leaders of an American treasure — the @smithsonian. Productive conversation about the Smithsonian's education initiatives and the revitalization of the @airandspace Museum.

@SenWarren: We don’t know who is going to have the next big idea in this country, but they’re probably going to need to get online to do it. The decision made today by @realDonaldTrump’s @FCC only tilts the playing field to favor the rich and powerful who have already made it.

WH says Trump and Putin reaffirmed importance of fighting terrorism together throughout the Middle East and Central Asia and agreed to cooperate further in fight against ISIS, al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and other terrorist organizations.

@SenSanders: Trump's sanctuary cities policy is federal coercion to enforce the president’s racist, anti-immigrant policies. This is a check on an out-of-control executive branch and a victory for the rule of law.

"As North Korea continues to threaten international peace and security, we are steadfast in our determination to maximize economic pressure to isolate it from outside sources of trade and revenue while exposing its evasive tactics." - @USTreasury Secretary Mnuchin

Treasury sanctions trading, labor, and shipping companies and vessels to further isolate North Korea and disrupt illicit funding of its unlawful nuclear and ballistic missile programs. Targets include one individual, 13 entities, and 20 vessels

@VP: @sendavidperdue is right: "Today’s corporate tax structure is penalizing our workers. We have to reduce the tax burden before it cripples our workforce further." @POTUS' plan will make sure that American biz can compete with biz around the world to create good jobs and raise wages.

[email protected]: "This Thursday as we give thanks for our cherished love ones, let us also renew our bonds of trust, loyalty and affection between our fellow citizens as members of a proud national family of Americans."

"Wow!" exclaimed the pres. "Big bird," he said of the turkey. "How heavy is that bird?" he asked. He was told 36 pounds. Although that's the weight of Wishbone. Drumstick's records say he's 47 pounds. Perhaps he pardoned the wrong bird. A special counsel may be needed.

One of the turkeys gets a look behind the lectern in the WH Briefing Room, much to the delight of @PressSec's son Huck, who wanted to try out the lectern too, until mom grabbed him. The turkey carried out in his cage for the pardon ceremony.

5 House Democrats write: “Sufficient facts exist in the public record to warrant the start of impeachment proceedings in Congress. Given the magnitude of the constitutional crisis engendered by Trump’s actions, we see no reason for delay.”

Trump’s lawyers are scrambling to keep him calm over Russia, VF reports, apparently “to prevent Trump from flying into a rage and firing Mueller if it appears Mueller is expanding the scope of his investigation into the president’s finances.”